The statistics reveal that the most common reason for being suspended was physical assault - with hundreds of four- and five-year-olds suspended for assaulting teachers and other pupils.
Other reasons for suspension were for verbal abuse or threatening behaviour towards pupils or adults, bullying, racist abuse, sexual misconduct and for possessing drugs and alcohol.
Shadow Children's Secretary, Michael Gove, who asked the government for its figures on fixed-period exclusions of primary school pupils, called it "shocking" and said: "Teachers need the powers to maintain order in the classroom and clamp down on bad behaviour before it escalates into violence."
He added: "Ministers have eroded teachers' ability to keep order by restricting their powers to deal with disruptive and violent children. We want to restore the authority of teachers to ensure a safe and secure environment for children of all ages to learn in."
Children aged nine received the most number of fixed-period exclusions with 2,630 being suspended in the academic year 2006-07.
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